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The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Where The Spy Who Loved Me says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
From a ski jump in Arctic Canada to a pyramid made of models: the Bond film that was shot across four countries
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Scenes and places
The ski chase that ends in a leap (1977)
Bond is racing downhill on skis, chased by Soviet agents who want him dead. He is headed for a briefing on two missing submarines, and the chase decides whether he gets there.
Set in Austrian Alps — Bond is ambushed on skis by Soviet agents while heading to a briefing.
The Austrian Alps are the story setting only; the film's famous jump was shot on a mountain in Arctic Canada.
Filmed at Mount Asgard, Baffin Island — The ski jump and parachute stunt was done here, though the story places it in the Alps. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Remote Arctic peak on the Cumberland Peninsula, Nunavut; reached in the film by helicopter.
Filmed at Bernina Range, Swiss Alps — Additional scenes for the pre-title sequence. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Swiss Alps mountain range in Graubünden.
The submarine base briefing (1977)
Bond comes in by helicopter to a navy base where the loss of a British nuclear submarine is being handled. He learns how little the Navy knows about where it went.
Set in Faslane Naval Base, Scotland — A British naval officer at the base reports that a nuclear submarine has gone missing, and Bond arrives to be briefed. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A Royal Navy submarine base on the Gare Loch, home of Britain's nuclear submarines.
Filmed at HMNB Clyde (Faslane) — The production was allowed to film at the submarine base. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: A working Royal Navy base on Gare Loch; not open to visitors.
Cairo and the missing contact (1977)
Bond is told to find a man called Fekkesh, the only link to the seller of the plans. At the address he is met by a woman instead, and his questions get him only a puzzling answer.
Set in Cairo, Egypt — Bond is sent to Cairo to find a man who can lead him to the seller of the stolen submarine-tracking plans.
Two neighbouring monuments of old Cairo: a 9th-century mosque and a house-museum beside it.
Filmed at Gayer-Anderson Museum, Cairo — Part of the film was shot in the ceremonial reception hall and on the rooftop terrace. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Beside the Mosque of Ibn Tulun in Sayyida Zeinab; a small museum in two joined 16th- and 17th-century houses.
Filmed at Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Cairo — Parts of the film were filmed at the mosque. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: In the Sayyida Zeinab district of Islamic Cairo, next to the Gayer-Anderson Museum.
The night at the pyramids (1977)
Bond and Amasova, each after the same microfilm, end up at the same night spectacle at the pyramids. Their rivalry begins here.
Set in Giza pyramids and Sphinx — Bond follows the trail to a night show at the pyramids, where he meets the Soviet agent he has been warned about. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The Great Sphinx stands at the foot of the Giza pyramids, west of Cairo.
Filmed at Great Sphinx of Giza — The Sphinx was shot on location; the pyramids were replaced with miniatures because of lighting problems. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: On the Giza Plateau on the western edge of Cairo.
The hotel on the Emerald Coast (1977)
Bond and Amasova arrive under cover as Mr and Mrs Sterling. They are summoned to meet Stromberg, and Bond has to keep up the story of a marine biologist on a working holiday.
Set in Sardinia, Italy — Bond and Amasova travel to Sardinia posing as a married marine biologist and his assistant, and are collected to meet Karl Stromberg.
A resort cove on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, known for its luxury hotel.
Filmed at Hotel Cala di Volpe, Costa Smeralda — Scenes were filmed at this resort hotel. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: On the Costa Smeralda north of Olbia; a seasonal luxury hotel.
The Lotus that becomes a submarine (1977)
Bond and Amasova are chased as they leave Stromberg's base. Bond turns the car into a submarine and drives it off the road into the sea.
Set in Sardinian coast and sea — Leaving Stromberg's base, Bond and Amasova are chased by motorcycle, car and helicopter along the coast and escape into the sea.
The Costa Smeralda is a stretch of Sardinian coast developed as a luxury resort area.
Filmed at Porto Cervo, Sardinia — The main unit began shooting the Sardinian chase here in August 1976. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Resort town on the Costa Smeralda, reached from Olbia airport.
Filmed at Nassau, Bahamas — The second unit filmed the underwater sequences, using models. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: The exact filming site in the Bahamas is not named in the source.
Stromberg's underwater base (1977)
Bond and Amasova examine the underwater base and confirm that Stromberg is behind the tracking system. They have to fight their way out against his minisubs.
Set in Atlantis — Stromberg's underwater base, a dome of curved surfaces where he runs the submarine tracking system.
An invented sea-floor city with no real location.
The supertanker with a secret (1977)
Bond learns that the Liparus has never entered any port, and decides to look inside. What he finds is far larger than a tanker should hold.
Set in Supertanker Liparus — A mysterious supertanker that has never visited a port, hiding something large inside.
A fictional supertanker, represented by the sets and models of the production.
Filmed at Pinewood Studios (007 Stage) — The tanker interior was shot on a new soundstage built at Pinewood for the film. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Film studio in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire; not open to the public.
Filmed at Karnak, Luxor — Bond and Amasova travel across Egypt (the source does not say which scene) Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Abu Simbel temples — Bond and Amasova travel across Egypt (the source does not say which scene) Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- James Bond — A British secret agent sent to find two vanished nuclear submarines.
- Anya Amasova — A Soviet agent, code name Triple X, after the same stolen plans.
- Karl Stromberg — A shipping tycoon and reclusive scientist who runs an underwater base.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was the Spy Who Loved Me ski jump really filmed?
- Were those really the pyramids in The Spy Who Loved Me?
- Where did the Lotus chase and the submarine car scenes get shot?